Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Fifth floor raya do at NSC

Loose cannon dropped by uninvited at the National Sports Council's fifth floor raya do before noon just now. The fifth floor houses the director-general's office and the international preparations division, which is basically the hub of the government agency.

Former Bernama, Berita Harian and Harian Metro journo, Fahmi Omar, with loose cannon, with the NSC paddy fields as the backdrop. The two covered the 1998 Thomas Cup in Hong Kong, where loose cannon usually made life difficult for the Malay Mail sub-editors by sending his stories at 5.0am after a good sleep. Fahmi would wake him up around 4.0am.

At one time, NSC's annual raya do was a highly anticipated event, with the Sports Minister dropping by as the guest of honour. Loose cannon would make it a point to wear the traditional baju Melayu. The NSC raya do was strictly for the sports fraternity until it was hijacked, put under the same package at the Youth and Sports Ministry and held at the Putra Stadium, where businessmen, celebrities and others took turns to shake hands with the Minister. Loose cannon skipped a few!

Loose cannon, Latiff Endot, Mazlan and Zolkples in 2001

loose cannon and Noraseela Mohd Khalid

Eight years on, Noraseela remains fit as a fiddle, whereas loose cannon has given up on his weighing scale

About Me

Freelance journo, self-proclaimed football expert, sports critic. Used to be on the payroll of Berita Harian and the Malay Mail. Byline has appeared in Berita Harian, Harian Metro, New Straits Times, Malay Mail, Kosmo, Footballasia, France Football, Agence France Presse. Malaysian Press Institute's Sportswriter of the Year 2005 (English category), Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2007-Sportswriters Association of Malaysia contest Grand Prize winner. Former Sportswriters Association of Malaysia secretary, has completed the Grand Slam - having covered the SEA Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. Editor of the now defunct football weekly pullout with Kosmo, Rembat, which loosely means "Kick" and host of Malaysia's first hard-talk show on sports - Dengan Izin (If I may). Jury of FIFA Ballon d'Or since 2010. Currently columnist for FourFourTwo Malaysia and editor of Arena E Mag, the digital magazine published by Astro Digital Publications Sdn Bhd

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